by W. C. Tuttle
In the rugged hills of Western Montana, two prospecting partners settle into a rough cabin with little more than grit, a phonograph, and a talent for trouble. When an unexpected midnight visitor shatters their uneasy peace, tall-tale humor and frontier chaos collide in classic Western fashion. W. C. Tuttle’s “Magpie’s Night-Bear” blends comic suspense, rustic dialect, and early twentieth-century adventure storytelling in a lively tale of wilderness misadventure.
Transcribed from Adventure, March 1915 (The Ridgway Company).